Senior Manager, Creative Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and nurture the Brand Creative design team.

• Establish priorities, define roles and performance metrics, mentor and develop designers, offer constructive feedback, and foster a culture of experimentation and teamwork.

• Set the creative vision for impactful brand campaigns and initiatives.

• Convert brand strategy into adaptable visual systems across various mediums, including print, digital, motion, and environmental applications.

• Simplify complex technical products into clear, relevant, and engaging narratives.

• Own and refine typography, iconography, logo, color, and layout frameworks.

• Sustain the brand library, presentation templates, icons, and brand guidelines.

• Identify and integrate AI tools into creative workflows while adhering to company standards.

• Oversee creative direction for large-scale events and environmental design from inception to execution.

• Extend campaigns and events into platform-specific social content.

• Actively contribute to concepts and key deliverables.

• Develop brand templates, documentation, and guidance for internal teams and external partners.

• Collaborate with Events, Social, Web, Customer Marketing, Product, Employee Experience, and Corporate Communications teams.

• Manage agencies, contractors, and animation and illustration disciplines.

• Prioritize requests, oversee timelines and budgets, and identify resource-related risks.

• Present creative concepts and rationale to senior stakeholders and articulate design decisions to both creative and non-creative audiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• BFA or MA/MS in design, art and design, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 8 years of design expertise.

• Ideally, 2+ years of experience in managing and developing designers.

• A portfolio showcasing event design, campaigns, layout, design systems, visual storytelling, and creative direction.

• Proven experience in building and operationalizing brand and design systems, preferably for B2B, technology, or SaaS brands.

• Experience in directing environmental and event design for significant brand experiences.

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe and Figma systems, libraries, and scalable brand documentation.

• Practical experience in utilizing AI and generative tools in creative workflows and guiding a team in their adoption.

• Background in managing agencies, contractors, and cross-functional creative projects within specified timelines and budgets.

• Capability to influence and align stakeholders across various functions and levels of seniority.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present creative rationale to non-creative audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Employee stock purchase program.

• Flexible paid time off.

• 20 weeks of fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave.

• Fertility and adoption assistance.

• 401(k) plan.

• Mental health counseling.

• Transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage.

• Health benefits offerings.

• Employee affinity groups.

• Necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities during the application and interview process.